TyTe`EyEs
Master Don Juan
If you're working hamstings, you keep your legs straight.
They're called stiff leg deadlifts.
"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
Deadlift form question
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If you're working hamstings, you keep your legs straight.
They're called stiff leg deadlifts.
"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
TyTe`EyEs
Master Don Juan
You're reading too much into this bro. Just start out with light weight. You'll get the feel for it rather quickly.
TyTe`EyEs
Master Don Juan
Yeah, I can understand that. Just make sure to do your warm-ups before going heavy. You'll be fine.
"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
DJBen
Master Don Juan
Instead of pushing with the entire foot, or just the front of the foot, push with the heel end. Balance is better, and you can usually shift more weight [In my experience]
Matt Rogers
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What DJBen said. Basically just keeping your weight on your heels, rather than on the toes.
So when you are driving off from the bottom, start with pushing yourself off the ground with your heels. When you get to around mid-thigh level combine it with a pull from the back.
So when you are driving off from the bottom, start with pushing yourself off the ground with your heels. When you get to around mid-thigh level combine it with a pull from the back.
Centaurion
Master Don Juan
deadlifts are like women, they'll hurt you everytime, but they'll make you a man.
Matt Rogers
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Yeah, agreed. Squats and deadlifts will add hair to your chest, and make anything else in life seem easy in comparison.
In fact if you were to only squat, deadlift, dip and chin you could build an incredible body in the space of two years if you worked really hard and ate a lot.
In fact if you were to only squat, deadlift, dip and chin you could build an incredible body in the space of two years if you worked really hard and ate a lot.
"She's Out of Your League"
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
duke007
Master Don Juan
Sometimes when lifting the bar up it hits my knees. Does this mean I have bad form?
Also what is a good bodyweight/lifting-weight ratio that I should aim for.
I weigh 57kgs and currently am deadlifting 35kgs (just started out 2 weeks ago)
Also what is a good bodyweight/lifting-weight ratio that I should aim for.
I weigh 57kgs and currently am deadlifting 35kgs (just started out 2 weeks ago)
DJBen
Master Don Juan
I've got roughed up shins from my last back day - I try and keep the bar pretty much ON my shins. I always try and avoid hitting my kneecap though, even if it does mean slightly moving the bar around the knee. Then it goes right up the thigh and back down.
Push from the entire foot/heels and make sure your shoulders stay BEHIND the bar. Also, despite what a good few people say, try and keep your hips as close to the bar as possible with a straight back. If you watch anyone deadlift serious weight, they dont actually squat right down with their ass near the floor, they stick near the bar with a fairly straight back.
Good form for the big three [Bench, Deadlift and Squat in my books] is essential. Every month and a half or so I have a low weight high rep workout followed by a heavier workout. Not only does it stimulate the muscle to grow because you're shocking it with a different training method, but it allows me to work on any problem with my form.
Push from the entire foot/heels and make sure your shoulders stay BEHIND the bar. Also, despite what a good few people say, try and keep your hips as close to the bar as possible with a straight back. If you watch anyone deadlift serious weight, they dont actually squat right down with their ass near the floor, they stick near the bar with a fairly straight back.
Good form for the big three [Bench, Deadlift and Squat in my books] is essential. Every month and a half or so I have a low weight high rep workout followed by a heavier workout. Not only does it stimulate the muscle to grow because you're shocking it with a different training method, but it allows me to work on any problem with my form.